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'American Sniper' Hits (the Road) Home'“The film was a moving and accurate portrayal of the impact combat has on our soldiers and, especially, their families,” said Mark Pollack MD, chairman of Rush's Department of Psychiatry.

Below is a list of scientific publications for which this practitioner was either the primary author or a contributor. Citations come from PubMed, a database of biomedical literature, life science journals and online books. PubMed is a service of the US Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Click on the title of the cited work for more information (this will take you directly to PubMed.gov). Listings go back five years.

Patient feedback information is available for physicians employed by Rush University Medical Center who have received
30 or more patient surveys. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.

Friendliness/courtesy of the care provider

4.9

Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

4.9

Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

4.9

Likelihood of your recommending this care provider to others

5.0

Care provider's efforts to include you in decisions about your treatment

4.8

Information the care provider gave you about medications

4.9

Instructions the care provider gave you about follow-up care

4.9

Your confidence in this care provider

4.9

Degree to which care provider talked with you using words you could understand

4.9

Amount of time the care provider spent with you

4.8

For more information about patient feedback, see the Quality Care section of the Rush University Medical Center website.

To watch a brief video of Leslie A. Deane, MD, click the play button at the lower left corner of the video frame below.

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I’m a urologist trained in minimally invasive and robotic urologic surgery. I use the da Vinci robotic system to treat cancers primarily of the bladder, prostate, of the kidney, and of the ureter. Robotic technology doesn’t mean that the robot is actually doing the operation. It is a computerized interface that we use to enhance the surgeon’s ability to see and do maneuvers within the body that you can’t do because your hands are too large to fit into a small incision — or areas that are difficult to visualize with the naked eye.

The most rewarding part of my job is seeing a patient come back to the office after surgery — whether it be the earliest of the follow-up appointments or whether it be several months down the road — and having that person say to you, “I’m finally back to doing the things that I enjoy and love.”